Hugh R. McKean Rice Institute memoir

Collection

Identifier: MS 0379

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the autobiographical memoirs of Hugh R. McKean, Rice Alumnus, class of 1922. The memoirs cover the early 20th century (through 1922) and for the most part describe the life of a farmer’s family in South Texas. A fair amount of the memoirs concern his years as a student, letterman, and Hohenthal Award winner at the Rice Institute. In addition, the memoirs provide McKean’s observations about events in Houston during the WWI era.

Dates

Creation: 1918 - 1922

Creator

McKean, Hugh R. (Author, Person)

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Hugh R. McKean Rice Institute memoir must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Hugh R. McKean was born in Northwestern Iowa in 1899; his family settled in Texas shortly thereafter, living in North Texas, Long Creek, Port Lavaca, and finally Rosenberg and the Houston area. McKean was a student, letterman, and Hohenthal Award winner at the Rice Institute, from which he graduated in 1922.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet ( (1 folder))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains the autobiographical memoir of Hugh R. McKean, Rice Alumnus, class of 1922. The memoirs cover the early 20th century (through 1922) and for the most part describe the life of a farmer’s family in South Texas. A fair amount of the memoirs concern his years as a student, letterman, and Hohenthal Award winner at the Rice Institute. In addition, the memoirs provide McKean’s observations about events in Houston during the WWI era.